When the college football season kicks off in earnest this Labor Day weekend, it will be a test to keep an eye on the ball. The focus for a few days may be on blocking, tackling and quick-trigger assessments of who’s up and who’s down, but then what in a sport that is on the cusp of unprecedented upheaval?
Consider what college football will look like in a year.
The Pac-12 Conference may not exist. Texas and Oklahoma, anchors of the Big 12 Conference, will be in the Southeastern Conference. The Atlantic Coast Conference may stretch across the country, with California-Berkeley and Stanford potentially newfound rivals of Duke and North Carolina, if discussions lead to an agreement.